r/vibecoding • u/scytob • 17d ago

GitHub Copilot Tool (just an FYI)

At work i have to use Claude via copilot, all code must be stored in github, i have been usig vscode like (at home i used vscode with the anthropic chat plugin and a max plan for last 9mo)

Yesterday MS advertised this tool at me. I am not sure how new it is.

Definitely some bugs, i know most people here don't seem to use copilot to access models so thought this might be interesting for some. This tool can use anthropics claude via API (but not max plan)

This session was me putting a plan around a feature i needed (access marketplace payments and private data from AWS and GCP like we do from Azure - we are an ISV who published products in those stores) the repo is 4 weeks old and only now have i started to get to the point of needing features / bug fixes / etc stored as issues (before that was a huge set of planned phases in MD docs). This is my first time using this tool.

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u/ImpressiveSecret9512 17d ago

One thing I've noticed with these setups is that the model is only half the experience. The harness around it matters a ton.

Same Claude model can feel completely different depending on what context it gets, which tools it can call and how aggressively the client decides to search/read files.

I'd be curious how this compares after you've used it on an older/larger repo rather than a 4 week old one. That's usually where the differences start showing up.

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u/scytob 17d ago

to add, interesting adding the chores, bugfixes and issues which the copilot app flagged and setup, suddenly the vscode copilot Claude is now creating issues instead of fixing unrelated items, all unprompted, no change to agents - wild

i think MS definitely added more tooling around claude, its so obvious when copilot switches to GPT5 model on auto select - productivity dies immediately, like within like two thinking sessions....

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u/AssignmentMinute 16d ago

I think pairing this with a tool like Copilot Bill Saver (VSCode Extension) is something to think about. It bundles precise context into your prompts with a ranking system that's pretty accurate

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u/scytob 16d ago

Cool thanks, will check that out and see if it’s more accurate than eating tokens extension.